RITUALS FOR COMPUTER OPERATION                     
                                                              
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#,##,#,#,# THE COMPUTER IS  A  VERY  COMMON TOOL IN #,,#,,#,#,
#,,#,#,#,# THE FUTURES, AND IN  SOME WAYS EVEN NOW. #,##,##,#,
#,##,#,#,# ITS JOB  IS  TO DO VAST AMOUNTS OF SMALL #,,#,,#,#,
#,,#,#,#,# CALCULATIONS IN  A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. #,##,##,#,
#,##,#,#,#                                          #,,#,,#,#,
#,,#,#,#,# MOST WORK  ON  THE PRINCIPLES OF  POSING #,##,##,#,
#,##,#,#,# THE  PROBLEM  ON A HILBERT PLANE,  WHICH #,,#,,#,#,
#,,#,#,#,# IS  THEN  FOLDED  OUT OF  CAUSALITY,  SO #,##,##,#,
#,##,#,#,# THAT  DAEMONS  CAN   SOLVE  THE  PROBLEM #,,#,,#,#,
#,,#,#,#,#   WITHOUT AFFECTING REAL LIFE. (THESE    #,##,##,#,
#,##,#,#,# DAEMONS  ARE  UNDER  CONTRACT  WITH  THE #,,#,,#,#,
#,,#,#,#,#         COMPUTER MANUFACTURER.)          #,##,##,#,
#,##,#,#,#                                          #,,#,,#,#,
#,,#,#,#,#   IT'S COMMONPLACE FOR PROGRAMMERS AND   #,##,##,#,
#,##,#,#,# CLERKS TO PRAY TO  THE  "GODS"  OF THEIR #,,#,,#,#,
#,,#,#,#,# COMPUTER,  OR  TO  THE DAEMONS DOING THE #,##,##,#,
#,##,#,#,# WORK,  FOR  A   QUICK   AND  FAULT  FREE #,,#,,#,#,
#,,#,#,#,#                OPERATION.                #,##,##,#,
#,##,#,#,#                                          #,,#,,#,#,
#,,#,#,#,#      SOME UBIQUITOUS AND GENERALLY       #,##,##,#,
#,##,#,#,#    NON-CONTROVERSIAL RITUALS INCLUDE:    #,,#,,#,#,
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#,##,#,#,#      ==# LIGHT A SCENTED CANDLE #==      #,,#,,#,#,
#,,#,#,#,#        ==# FOR QUIET AND CALM #==        #,##,##,#,
#,##,#,#,#                                          #,,#,,#,#,
#,,#,#,#,#     ==# RECITE A MANTRA OR OTHER #==     #,##,##,#,
#,##,#,#,#    ==# REASSURING MESSAGE TO MAKE #==    #,,#,,#,#,
#,,#,#,#,#     ==# THE COMPUTER COMFORTABLE #==     #,##,##,#,
#,##,#,#,#            ==# AND AT EASE #==           #,,#,,#,#,
#,,#,#,#,#                                          #,##,##,#,
#,##,#,#,#     ==# SOME LIKE TO SAY A BRIEF #==     #,,#,,#,#,
#,,#,#,#,#     ==# PRAYER FOR SOLACE, TO BE #==     #,##,##,#,
#,##,#,#,#   ==# LEFT ALONE DURING THEIR WORK #==   #,,#,,#,#,
#,,#,#,#,#                                          #,##,##,#,
#,##,#,#,#   ==# OFFER A CUP OF STEAMING TEA #==    #,,#,,#,#,
#,,#,#,#,#     ==# OR A MEAL TO THE MACHINES #==    #,##,##,#,
#,##,#,#,#    ==# (SOMETIMES, BY FEY RULES, #==     #,,#,,#,#,
#,,#,#,#,#     ==# THE DAEMONS ARE ALLOWED #==      #,##,##,#,
#,##,#,#,#       ==# TO RESPOND TO THIS) #==        #,,#,,#,#,
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           SKILLS    TO    ASK    FOR    SOMETHING,           
                                                              
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